What can you do with this server?

Extract transcripts from YouTube videos (supports all standard URL formats like youtube.com/watch?v=... or youtu.be/...) with the following capabilities: * Choose output format: text for a single continuous string (optimized for RAG/LLM use) or segments for timestamped segments * Retrieve metadata: video title, channel name, and language alongside the transcript * Integrate with AI agents like Claude Desktop or Cursor via the MCP standard * Runs locally — no data sent to external servers

Which integrations are available for this server?

Extracts video transcripts from YouTube using multiple strategies including the Innertube API, HTML scraping, and the transcript panel. Supports converting transcripts into multiple output formats including RAG-optimized text, structured JSON with timestamps, and readable Markdown.

rippr by mrslbt

Three ways to use rippr

🌐 Website — rippr.me

Paste a YouTube URL, get the transcript. Clean text, no signup.

🧩 Chrome Extension — Chrome Web Store

One-click transcript extraction directly on any YouTube page. Multiple output formats (RAG, JSON, Markdown).

🤖 MCP Server — npm

Connect rippr to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client. Saves each transcript to ~/rippr/transcripts/ and returns the file path to the model.

Desktop clients only. rippr runs as a local stdio process, so it works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code CLI, and Cursor. It does not work with cloud-hosted clients (claude.ai on the web, the Claude mobile app, or Claude Code on phone / web), which can't spawn local processes.

npx rippr-mcp

Add to Claude Desktop (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rippr": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "rippr-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Then ask: "Rip this YouTube video: [url]". See mcp/README.md for the full tool surface.

Related MCP server: rakuten-mcp

Output formats

RAG (.txt) — single continuous text block, optimized for chunking and embedding
Structured (.json) — timestamped segments with metadata
Readable (.md) — markdown with headers and formatting

How it works

Multi-strategy extraction for maximum reliability:

Innertube API — YouTube's internal player API (Android client)
HTML scraping — parses ytInitialPlayerResponse from page source
Transcript panel — opens YouTube's built-in transcript panel as last resort

Caption XML parsed in multiple formats (srv3, timedtext, JSON3). Retry with exponential backoff on transient failures.

Privacy

Runs entirely on your machine. No data sent to external servers. No accounts, no tracking. Only communicates with YouTube's own APIs.

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Disclaimer

Rippr is an unofficial, community-built tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google LLC. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC.

Rippr accesses publicly available YouTube transcript data through endpoints that YouTube's own apps use. Use is subject to YouTube's Terms of Service, and use is at your own risk. The author accepts no liability for takedowns, rate limits, account actions, or any other consequences of use.

If YouTube changes their internal APIs in ways that break extraction, the tool may stop working without notice. For long-term production use, consider the official YouTube Data API v3 with an API key (not currently supported by this package).